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Crisis
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
New York Times best-selling author Felix Francis returns with his newest edge-of-your-seat horse racing thriller in the Dick Francis tradition.
Harrison Foster is a lawyer by training but works as a crisis manager for a London firm that specialises in such matters. Summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables slaughters six very valuable horses, including the short-priced favourite for the Derby, Harry (as he is known) finds there is far more to the ‘simple’ fire than initially meets the eye. For a start, human remains are found amongst the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim?
Harry knows very little about horses, indeed he positively dislikes them, but he is thrust unwillingly into the world of Thoroughbred racing, where the standard of care of the equine stars is far higher than that of the humans who attend to them.
The Chadwick family are a dysfunctional racing dynasty, with the emphasis being on the nasty. Resentment between the generations is rife, and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability.
Harry represents the Middle Eastern owner of the Derby favourite, and, as he delves deeper into the unanswered questions surrounding the horse’s demise, he ignites a fuse that blows the volcano sky-high, putting him in grave jeopardy. Can Harry solve the riddle before he is overcome by the toxic emissions from the eruption and is bumped off by the fallout?
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-12-18
Not the best
As others have said, the use of American English really irritates. The story is okay but definitely doesn’t count as a classic Francis.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-12-18
Not great
Didn't like the main character, bits of the dialogue were cringe worthy, storyline was poor. I was on the fence as far as Felix Francis went - think I'll give his books a miss in the future.
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- Judith
- 22-02-19
A winner but...
I enjoyed the story which had some satisfyingly complex twists. These are not rocket science plots but they are a jolly good canter down the race course. However, why the strange Americanisms in a book set in England? We don’t have attorneys or sidewalks or trunks on our cars?! It irritated.
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- Patricia
- 30-05-19
Back to Classic Francis
Great listen. Plot, characters, racing knowledge all back in abundance - like the good old books!
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- Mrs. Rm Walters
- 29-09-18
Predictable
Oh dear, is it me, but I am finding Mr Francis a tad predictable. I had worked out what was going on, and 'who dun it' long before 'our hero' had. As for the last chapter, pity somebody didn't tell me it was an advert for taking a holiday in the Maldives!
Maybe my tastes have changed with the advent of more recent authors. Or maybe horse racing and the American influence that has crept into his books is not what I am looking for these days.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-10-18
In the Francis tradition but...
Excellent story and storytelling, well narrated but the Americanisms grate terribly. So bviously written did the American market as to be very offputting.
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- David
- 30-10-18
too many Americanisms
don't like the Americanisms...freeway etc.. it's a story based in Newmarket England....if the Americans won't buy it then produce an American version but the story is British.
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- 22-10-18
enjoyed
brilliant as usual great incite to horse racing with a good who dun it. keeps you wanting more.
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- Victoria C
- 26-09-18
Great story but annoying Americanisms
This is a gripping story of a crisis manager sent to Newmarket to investigate the death of a valuable race horse. There are lots of twists and turns making it a good listen. However, there are lots of irritating Americanisms which smack of pandering to the American market (things like sidewalk, elevator, pants for trousers, attorney etc). Given that this is clearly a very English tale set in the very English town of Newmarket and with an English narrator, this really feels like Felix Francis is selling out. I listen and listen to my Dick and Felix Francis audiobooks, but this really puts me off.
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- Catherine
- 22-02-19
Too many Americanisms!
I have been a life-long fan of Dick Francis and have finally decided to read some more of his son's books. they were fine till "Crisis". This book is based in England, written by an English author, about the English horse racing industry. So why on earth does he keep adding Americanisms to it? Very, very annoying and distracting. I am only half way through yet we have already had Parking Lot instead of car park, Trunk (of a car) instead of boot, Sidewalk instead of pavement, Realtor instead of estate agent, Fire truck instead of fire engine, and Drapes instead of curtains... all used by the main character who is definitely English! Shoddy writing and terrible editing.
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